Ruthven

Ruthven

Ruthven may refer to:

Places

In Scotland:
*Ruthven, Aberdeenshire
*Ruthven, Highland
*Ruthven Barracks, Highland
*Ruthven Castle, also known as Huntingtower Castle, north of Perth
*Loch Ruthven, nature reserve to the south west of Inverness

In Australia:
* Ruthven railway station, Melbourne
* Ruthven, New South Wales

In North America:
* Ruthven, Ontario, Canada
* Ruthven, Iowa, USA

People

* Clan Ruthven, a Scottish clan
* Lord Ruthven, a title in the peerage of Scotland, now extinct
* Lord Ruthven of Freeland, a title in the peerage of Scotland, now held by the Earl of Carlisle

* Alexander Ruthven (1580-1600), Scottish nobleman
* Allan Ruthven (1922-2003), Australian Rules Football player from 1940 to 1954
* Dick Ruthven (born 1951), American baseball player
* John Ruthven (born 1927), American painter
* Malise Ruthven (born 1942), Scottish writer and historian
* Major William Ruthven VC, (1893-1970), Australian hero of World War I

Fictional people

* Lord Ruthven (vampire), a fictional vampire


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  • Ruthven —    RUTHVEN, a parish, in the county of Forfar, 3 miles (N.) from Meigle; containing, with the hamlets of Balbirnie, Barberswells, Bridgend, and Whins, 471 inhabitants. This place was for many generations the seat of the Crichton family, of whose… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Ruthven — Ruthven, IA U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 711 Housing Units (2000): 350 Land area (2000): 0.421129 sq. miles (1.090719 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.421129 sq. miles (1.090719 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ruthven, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 711 Housing Units (2000): 350 Land area (2000): 0.421129 sq. miles (1.090719 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.421129 sq. miles (1.090719 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ruthven — (spr. riwwen), Schloß, s. Huntingtower …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ruthven — Ruthven, William Lord …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ruthven — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le nom de Ruthven est porté par plusieurs personnalités (par ordre alphabétique) : Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882 1971), herpétologiste américain.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ruthven — This is a famous Scottish clan surname. It is locational from the barony of Ruthven in the former county of Angus. In the ancient charters of Scotland, the original family were recorded in the register of the abbey of Scone as being witnesses to… …   Surnames reference

  • Ruthven Barracks — near Ruthven, Highland in Scotland are the smallest but best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising, set on an old castle mound. It comprises two large three storey blocks occupying two sides of the enclosure… …   Wikipedia

  • Ruthven Street Motor Inn — (Тувумба,Австралия) Категория отеля …   Каталог отелей

  • Ruthven Todd — Ruthven Campbell Todd (14 June 1914 – 1978) was a Scottish poet and novelist, known also as an editor of William Blake, and as an artist. (Ruthven is pronounced riven .)He was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College and Edinburgh School …   Wikipedia

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